Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Duet With My Son

My first single in many years, comes as a surprise. I’d written a song by request from my manager, to be a duet for a father and son group. I did. And that band broke up in the studio, hopefully not over this song 8). Six months later my son Devin upon hearing a version, asked me rather timidly if he could sing it with me. “just for the family” he said cause he didn’t want to mess with my career?

I was honored he would ask and ashamed that I hadn’t thought of it. it took almost another year to get this recorded for ourselves and actually get Devin in the studio to sing it.

We are offering this single as a free download to the buyers of Dear God..Really? book on line. and to anyone coming to my concerts.

This song is mostly about the message of what fathers and sons mean to each other in the road we must travel and the motivation we must find. It’s interesting how our perspectives change when we have children of our own.

let me say that Devin is my youngest of two sons, he’s an actor, writer, singer. and this tune is not in a phrasing that he would sing normally. (he screams alot more). But he wanted to do it for what it says! I’m so proud! he learns and finds the truth to apply, and loves to apply it even when it doesn’t feel quite comfortable! Me Too! and that’s where we became brothers in Christ as well. I gotta go now… I’m gonna tear up.